Martin Luther King Jr.
2017
26.5 x 57 inches framed
Books, ink
April 4th, 1968
Remington Game Master 760 (.30-06)
Killed by James Earl Ray
2017
26.5 x 57 inches framed
Books, ink
April 4th, 1968
Remington Game Master 760 (.30-06)
Killed by James Earl Ray
Part of a series exploring gun violence and fetishism in America. This is the rifle that was used to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr.. The image is printed with archival ink onto pages of books about MLK. The book is then cut up, pages are turned on their sides and ordered to reform the image of the gun using the edges of the pages.